Stevengraph of Marquis of Salisbury KG

Stevengraph of “Marquis of Salisbury KG” (STG 72). One of the series of portraits of politicians, there are three variants, one with no flowers (STG 71), this one with a spray of red roses (STG 72), and one with roses that are bright yellow and orange (STG 72a). All are quite hard to come by ranging from 3* to 5* rarity in the Sprake Darby reference. Framed and glazed within an ebonised moulding with a gilt slip. The mount is of the D1 type (1889-91) but without the credit under the picture. On label 31+32 but without the – between silk and woven (Godden). The combination of the mount and label dates this to about 1900.